Onwards and Downwards May 2012

[AB Editor]

Onwards and Downwards Continues in May

Hi Everyone,

Well it looks like we may actually have some nice weather soon after about a month of rain. Will many of you now be able to get out and about more and hopefully get a bit more exercise?

I know I will!

Here is last months thread

[Ric.ror]

Hi Wendillia
If I dont get weighed I will have no incentive
I also like the weekly pat on the back - though this week I should have had a kick up the bnm but never mind I will make up for it next week

[wendilla]

Hi ric ror I may have read your reply wrong but I thought it read on your post that you did not want to know how much you weighed. I would never encourage anyone not to weigh weekly as that is fatal as well I myself know.

[Marijn]

I've stayed the same this week. I'm very relieved as I deserved to put weight on. :-)

[xstitcher]

That's like me notafish...we must be a bit stricter with ourselves.

[Marijn]

I'm going to try harder next week. I think I'll try having bigger lunches and smaller evening meals.

[xstitcher]

The problem there notafish is that you can get your stomach used to larger amounts and then when you have a smaller one you don't feel full.....take it from one who has tried that way. I do find I feel fuller when I have lots of vegetables with my evening meal. I don't dislike them but I'm not wanting to say more, more, more.

[Maydup]

Whooop whooop - despite having visitors to stay this weekend I have lost another 3lbs and reached my first major milestone.

Since joining you in the middle of March I have now lost a stone in weight. Thanks to you all for being here and for giving me the motivation to check in every week.

I managed the weekend by opting for jacket potatoes rather than chips, resisted desserts and just had a coffee after meals. I chose soup for lunches and omelete or salads. I did have a couple of treats so as not to be a party pooper but nothing too naughty and no-one noticed me quietly being careful about what I ate.

Although I still have a long way to go I'm on a journey which is becoming quite a way of life already and i'm delighted with progress so far.

A bunch of tulips for all losers this week.

[Jan1957]

Well done Maidup, you've shown us all up this week. Hope to join you next week.

[xstitcher]

Oh boy I can understand your Whooping Maidup....well done you !!

[BAKERS DOZEN]

Lost another two pounds this week so I am a happy bunny. Mr BD retires tomorrow (yipee!!) so we are going to visit our daughter in Birmingham and going out to a chinese buffet restaurant so don't expect any weight loss next week. Will try and select healthy food which is easier with a buffet than with set meals and will try to avoid the chocolate fountain and all those gorgeous deserts. My scales are always different to the surgery scales but who cares - a loss is a loss. I weigh myself as soon as I get out of bed as you are always heavier in the evenings. I really must try getting out more and just walking which is easy and cheap but we are in the middle of decorating and want to get it finished before we go away. Have promised Mr BD that I will walk round the fishing lake twice a day while we are away. Good luck to everyone else for next week.

[Jan1957]

Well done BD and happy retirement to Mr BD. Hope you have a lovely time visiting your daughter.

[xstitcher]

Well done BD but please let us know how you make out at the Chinese buffet. I shall soon be going to one and know how difficult it can be when it's all there in your face.

[wendilla]

Well done Maid you are on the right track.

Well done BD . I don't seem to have time to get everything done since I retired. Don't know how I managed when I was at work to fit it all in. We tend to keep the chinese restaurant for family outings and yes I just need to look at the choc fountain. They do an ice swan sculputer here full of fruit and guess what my kids done to me on my 65th with the chinese girls singing Happy birthday. Enjoy your meal you know how to rectify it.

[TheOtherHalf]

well done to everyone. You are all doing better than me but at least Im staying the same at the moment. Just cannot seem to get back down half stone that I lost and keep yoyo -ing within in. But talking about exercise, I already go to zumba 2-3 times a week and cycle to and from work and around about. But on May 24 we start our new challenge at work for 16 weeks. Ive got my bike pedometer and my personal pedometer at the ready. I cant wait for it to start and hopefully lose some weight or even inches !
Good luck to you all

[wendilla]

Thats what I do Theotherhalf I just can't seem to start to shift this stone. I did 2 stone no problem but this one is up and down like a yo yo but I have not put back on what I have lost so that is ok .Just this stone to go .Need a kick start too.

[Old_Geezer]

Thanks for the suggestion 237SJ, I'll check them out.

[xstitcher]

Good Morning All,

My hubby has been quite poorly for the last week so I have been using that excuse to comfort myself through food. Now he is on the mend and I have gone up 1 kilo....so much for my sillyness. I shall be on the naughty step this week and will be contemplating my sillyness. Hopefully I will be alone there.

Onwards and downwards.....

[Maydup]

I'm pleased to hear hubby's on the mend xstitcher, that's the main thing, but sorry to see you on the step.

I've had no change this week, but I'm pleased with that because I had a couple of lapses this week. Being so flippin' cold and wet over the Bank Holiday I ate some comfort food here and there. I do find it harder when I'm off work and surrounded by more choices. French stick, tea cakes, even had half a portion of chips, so I'm lucky not to have gained and am back on track again today. Good luck to you all for your weigh ins today.

[Old_Geezer]

Down 1½ if accurate. But it's only recouping part of earlier weeks' increases. Still better than the opposite direction still.

[wendilla]

Good Morning all I am lucky to have stayed the same but I am not off the hook I have to be extra careful this week for next week weigh in.
Maidup be careful as like me it may catch up with you next week.
Xstitcher it is not easy when you have things on your mind but like me you will rectify it . Good luck for next week
Good for you OG. But that scales of yours have a mind of there own I think.